Finance company founder gets six months’ jail for rigging daughters’ US college admissions

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[caption id="attachment_8105" align="alignnone" width="975"] File photo of Manuel Henriquez (left), co-founder of Hercules Capital, arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in a nationwide...

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US records a COVID-19 death every minute as total surpasses 150,000

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8057" align="alignnone" width="978"] FILE PHOTO: Emergency medical technicians arrive with a patient while a funeral car begins to depart at North Shore Medical Center,...

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Nearly 1 in 3 children have dangerous amounts of lead in bloodstream: Study

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8070" align="alignnone" width="971"] Men recycle electronic waste or e-waste from computers at a workshop in New Delhi, India, July 29, 2020. [/caption] NEW DELHI:...

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Singapore extends US$60b swap facility with US Fed through March 2021

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8143" align="alignnone" width="971"] File photo of US dollar bills. [/caption] SINGAPORE: Singapore's central bank and the US Federal Reserve have extended a US$60 billion...

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Huawei overtakes Samsung as world’s top handset seller in second quarter: Canalys

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8134" align="alignnone" width="967"] A Huawei logo is seen on a mobile phone screen. [/caption] SHENZHEN: China's Huawei overtook Samsung Electronics as the world's biggest...

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US federal forces to start conditional pullout from Portland

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8073" align="alignnone" width="966"] Federal officers are pictured in Portland, Oregon on July 25, 2020 -- the city has been rocked by weeks of clashes...

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Boeing reports US$2.4 billion quarterly loss, signals more job cuts

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8147" align="alignnone" width="962"] FILE PHOTO: Signage of The Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, U.S. June 29, 2020. [/caption] NEW YORK: Boeing suffered a bigger-than-expected...

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China’s Sinopharm to test potential COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8091" align="alignnone" width="975"] File photo of the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil. [/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO: Chinese drug company Sinopharm and Parana state have agreed...

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Facebook, Google absorb US lawmakers’ jabs in rare Big Tech hearing

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8081" align="alignnone" width="960"] Hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power", on Capitol Hill...

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Argentina starts trials on hyperimmune equine serum to treat COVID-19

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8078" align="alignnone" width="959"] Argentina has started clinical trials on treating COVID-19 using hyperimmune serum developed with antibodies from horses. [/caption] BUENOS AIRES: Argentina has...